Quartiers Danses

This year the festival will focus on contemporary Spanish dance.

Kukai Dantza

• On Friday, September 11 at 8 pm. At Maison Théâtre, 245 Rue Ontario E.
• On Saturday, September 12 at 11:30 pm. Hazipenen Pozak + Fuck it + Galajauziak. At Belvédère du Mont-Royal 1260, Remembrance St.
• On Saturday, September 12 at 3 pm. Wellington Street, at the corner of Wellington and de l’Église.
• On Sunday, September 13 at 11:30 pm. Gelajauziak + Une ContreVérité | Urbanisée + Hazipenen Pozak. At Parc Laurier (Métro Laurier).

Kukai Dantza, the iconic company of the Basque Country, presents a repertoire of two works from Spanish choreographers, a quintet of impressive performers to celebrate the opening of Quartiers Danses.

La Intrusa Danza

• On Tuesday, September 15 at 8 pm. At Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, 5290 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges.
• On Wednesday, September 16 at 12 pm. Khi (χ) + STAFF + Cube. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Wednesday, September 16 at 5 pm. Khi (χ) + STAFF + Cube. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Thursday, September 17 at 12 pm. Khi (χ) + STAFF + Cube. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Thursday, September 17 at 5 pm. Cube + Offshore + Staff. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.

After a glorious show at Quartiers Danses in 2013, La Intrusa Danza returns with a brand new creation, Staff, to which they owe a worldwide success. A magnetic and electrifying performance that combines movement with audio-visual images.

Daniel Abreu

• On Thursday, September 17 at 5 pm. Cube + Offshore + Staff. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Friday, September 18 at 12 pm. Entrelacs + Offshore + Fuck it. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Friday, September 18 at 5 pm. Entrelacs + Offshore + Une ContreVérité | Urbanisée. Place des Festivals, at the corners of Sainte-Catherine and Jeanne-Mance.
• On Saturday, September 19 at 8 pm. At Place des Arts – Cinquième salle, 175 Rue Ste-Catherine O.

Animal is a choreographic work for five performers presented in a dreamlike atmosphere. It explores necessity and desire. A flow of pictures overlaps scenes of physical and emotional responses in extreme situations where instinct appears in the most daily moments of our lives.

Without resorting to a classical narrative thread, the work displays images of fighting, necessity, relaxation, love, and emotional sequestration. Its actions are linked to the idea of animality and survival. The company’s distinctive mix between dance and action intermingles and moves around together with Marina Wainer’s texts, evoking scenes of the impulsive world, which lead us towards things or situations.